{"id":141911,"date":"2018-06-16T04:19:11","date_gmt":"2018-06-16T04:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/over-40s-health-check-to-include-dementia-advice\/"},"modified":"2018-06-16T04:19:11","modified_gmt":"2018-06-16T04:19:11","slug":"over-40s-health-check-to-include-dementia-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/over-40s-health-check-to-include-dementia-advice\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 40s health check to include dementia advice"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>                                  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Health check by nurse with elderly patient\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/1407\/production\/_102072150_8774189e-d22b-44ad-adee-06c5119b488d.jpg\"\/>Image copyright                  Getty Images                                                    <\/figure>\n<p class=\"caps\">People over 40 in England will be given advice on dementia as part of their free NHS health check.<\/p>\n<p>Guidance on how to reduce the risk of dementia will be given to patients at GP surgeries and through community health programmes.<\/p>\n<p>Public Health England (PHE) said up to one-third of dementia cases could be improved through lifestyle choices. <\/p>\n<p>But its says 28% of people have no awareness of risk factors and only 2% know what they can do to reduce them.<\/p>\n<p>The planned roll-out follows a small pilot conducted by PHE, with the help of Alzheimer&#039;s Research UK and the Alzheimer&#039;s Society, which led to both charities calling for it to become mandatory.<\/p>\n<h2>What is the NHS England over 40s health check?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Recommended every five years for those aged 40 to 74<\/li>\n<li>Tests include height, weight, blood, and blood pressure<\/li>\n<li>Takes 20 to 30 minutes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Read more (NHS)<\/p>\n<p>The current health check in England focuses on reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease.<\/p>\n<p>But the public body says the advice for dementia is much the same, adding: &quot;What&#039;s good for the heart is good for the brain.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Maintaining a social life, keeping mentally and physically active, and stopping smoking are all recommended by healthcare professionals as ways of reducing the risk. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dementia risk linked to some medicines<\/li>\n<li>The foods that might help with dementia<\/li>\n<li>The people with dementia staging their debut plays<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More than 14 million people - 91% of those eligible - have been offered an NHS health check over the past five years, but fewer than 50% - or seven million - have had one. <\/p>\n<p>Duncan Selbie, chief executive of PHE, said the check &quot;could add years to your life&quot;. <\/p>\n<p>Minister for Public Health, Steve Brine, added: &quot;Early detection and prevention are vital to the health of our nation and our programmes in this area are among the most ambitious in the world.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Our aim is to keep everyone as healthy as possible, for as long as possible.&quot;<\/p>\n<h2>Dementia schemes around the UK<\/h2>\n<p>A survey by British Social Attitudes showed 52% of adults in the UK named dementia as one of their top three health worries.<\/p>\n<p>The NHS in Wales does not offer the checks, but has a separate scheme called &quot;add to your life&quot; - which targets groups at risk of disease, rather than by age. <\/p>\n<p>It did launch a new dementia strategy earlier this year, however, focusing on early diagnosis at GP level. <\/p>\n<p>Scotland also has a national dementia strategy focusing on early diagnosis and offering all patients diagnosed with the condition a minimum of a year of &quot;high-quality post-diagnostic support.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>PHE estimates more than 850,000 people are living with dementia across the UK. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright Getty Images People over 40 in England will be given advice on dementia as part of their free NHS health check. 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